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Attaching a gif displays "Sent a gif"
ANOTHER IMPORTANT UPDATE: MindeaLLC, we have discovered that the issue only occurs for "Guest" users in Teams. Users that are native to the Azure tenant do not see this issue.
Since I have both a native and a guest account on Teams, I was able to test this issue, as shown below.
View from the native tenant account:
View from the guest user account:
Not sure if Microsoft is still checking this, but a few more up-votes couldn't hurt.
Nick Manor wow, did they just close the User Voice ticket? I didn't get any updates about it, but it looks like it got removed?
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/908686-bug-reports/suggestions/44076141-attaching-a-gif-displays-sent-a-gif doesn't work anymore 😮
Jurgen Brouwer It looks like Microsoft finally shutdown the Teams UserVoice site. They have been slowly migrating away from UserVoice (a 3rd party product) and are preferring an in-house platform. I am not sure where all the UserVoice data migrated to, if at all.
- It looks like the feedback portal is the new home for "UserVoice".
I cannot find the GIF issue via search. I must assume that they didn't port issues over, or only ported select issues. I've created a new entry here: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/5c6828f5-bb3c-ec11-a81a-000d3ae5f009
Nick Manor, I can not open https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/908686-bug-reports/suggestions/44076141-attaching-a-gif-displays-sent-a-gif link, it brings me to the list of all Teams tickets. Is it still available?
So far found following workaround:
With GIFs, just find the one you want, and ignore any of the options to embed/copy link/etc. Just right click on the GIF and select copy, then paste directly into the chat.
Thank you to
https://itspartlycloudy.com/2019/01/11/microsoft-teams-quick-tip-4-the-perfect-gif-doesnt-exist/
Thanks, vkonchuk, for posting this. I was very hopeful. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me. Will continue working on this..
I have a ticket open with Microsoft on this. I'm not being too pushy on the ticket but I'm not letting the ticket die either. They already tried to pull the ole "this is expected behavior" on me and I didn't accept that as a resolution.
- MS has told me its an "issue with design" and it will be fixed in a future update. When I asked if I could be contacted when the update is pushed out the tech assigned to my ticket said "well no, because it could be 3 months, 6 months, 1 year".
So good job Microsoft on breaking something that was working perfectly fine and then having no idea how to fix it. Of course I'm doubting if the Teams team is even working on this.This kind of thing sort of makes me giggle. I develop apps for clients, and since I work alone I think it's understandable if something I create has a bug. What kills me is when organizations with hundreds or thousands of developers break simple features. It's always good to have a talented team for creating excuses.
